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May 1st, 2013CineMama
Time-lapse pregnancy slideshows are a trend for expectant mothers these days, and the latest app, CineMama, is using this trend to their advantage. This app is available for iPhone and is a fun way to turn pictures into a video and share it through social media.
Beckford Formula for Weight Loss
Health Tips: Foods Helping Inflammation
May 1st, 2013Inflammation is the body’s normal response to injury. While it may be a natural defense system, it can lead to disease development if it becomes chronic. “The inflammation process has one goal: to respond immediately to detect and destroy the toxic material in damaged tissues before it can spread throughout the body,” explained Lauren Whitt, PhD.
Substitute This for That!
April 1st, 2013While losing weight and keeping it off is definitely a lifestyle change that takes place over time, there are small habits that can help get you started. First you must create a calorie deficit. This can be accomplished in several different ways, but the simplest is to change your diet. These quick and easy food substitutions can give you an edge in shedding winter pounds.
Quick and easy food substitutionsMelt Away the Pounds
April 1st, 2013The months between November and February have a tendency to be tough on the waistline when compared to the rest of the year. Starting at Thanksgiving and even pushing past Valentine’s Day, holidays and marketing schemes inundate consumers with savory notions that somehow always place high-calorie foods at the forefront of an “ideal” festive scenario.
This spring, shed your winter weight and keep it off
What’s Best for Weight Loss?
March 1st, 2013For those who are short on time, researches from North Carolina have found that aerobic, not resistance, exercise is best when wanting to lose weight and fat. The study, titled “Effects of aerobic and/or resistance training on body mass and fat mass in overweight or obese adults,” is published in the December 2012 edition of the Journal of Applied Physiology.
Apps That Help You Stay Healthy
March 1st, 2013Commit With MyDietitian.com
My Dietitian, LLC, has an app that makes diet and exercise coaching simple. Those willing to commit to using the app and recording their meals and physical activity for six months will see a 10 percent or greater reduction in body weight for premium and executive memberships.
Lose More with a Workout Buddy
March 1st, 2013The key to motivation in physical activity may be feeling inadequate. One Kansas State University researcher found that those who exercised with a teammate whom they perceived to be better increased their workout time and intensity by as much as 200 percent.
What Do You Know About Hypnotism?
March 1st, 2013A survey conducted last fall by the Morpheus Clinic for Hypnosis in Toronto found that public perception of hypnosis is improving, but that some old myths die hard.
Health Tips: Top 4 Reasons Why Diets Fail
March 1st, 2013The battle of the bulge is on … any movement on the scale yet? According to Jessica Bartfield, MD, here are the top four reasons why many dieters fail to lose weight.
Health Tips: How to Drop Those Pounds
March 1st, 2013Exchanging fatty foods for lower-fat alternatives will help people shift around 3.5 pounds without any other form of dieting. People taking part in recent trials saw their waistlines become slimmer and levels of LDL cholesterol decrease.
The results demonstrate that weight loss can happen without actively trying to lose weight beyond simply choosing foods lower in fat.
